Interlaken, Switzerland Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

INTERLAKEN isn't much more than its long main street, Höheweg, with a train station at each end. It has little to amuse the trippers passing through on their way to the mountains, save the cafés and hotel bars lining this main drag. The town lies on a neck of land between two of Switzerland's most attractive lakes, and the best way to arrive is by boat. Interlaken Ost is the terminus of mainline trains and the departure point for branch lines into the mountains; boats also dock here from Brienz, on the Luzern rail line. Trains from the Bern/Zürich direction pass first through Interlaken West … more »